How To Use Color Psychology

Believe it or not, color can have a tremendous effect on people. People will respond to color in a positive or negative way and they usually don't even know they are reacting to a color. Many counselors or mental health professionals do not take the time to understand color psychology. Creative counselors use color psychology in many ways. We take mental notes on what colors our clients wear, apply to the art they make in counseling, the feeling cookie they might make, etc. Every time a client makes a choice unconscious or conscious! to wear, draw, decorate, or utili"e a color it means represents something important to the client. #his is called the psychology of color or color psychology. Color Psychology With Creative Counseling 101 Blue: Blue can mean loyalty, peace, sadness, lonely, depression, sincerity, or calmness. $t is the opposite color of red and can decreases %lood pressure. Blue can also %e a manipulative, rigid, and conservative color. $t can represent &feelings& of all types. $t can also %e responsi%le and have the a%ility to pro%lem solve #hink Counselor Personality #ype!. $t is the color of the ocean and sky, which represents peace. Wear %lue to a 'o% interview. $t will make the person interviewing you %elieve you are sincere and loyal. (ne can %e more productive in a %lue room. People can lift more weights in a %lue room. Blue makes one stronger. Blue food is real a turn off to the reptile, or ancient part of the %rain. $t can sym%oli"e rotten or poisonous food to the psyche. Most adults will shy away from %lue food. Children will often try %lue food or candy %ecause it is different. Red: #his color can mean love, courage, luck, danger, vitality, and passion. $t will increase your %lood pressure. )ed is an intense color. People who wear red get noticed immediately. $t is a power color as well. Men where red ties to sym%oli"e power. $n *pain, red is the sym%ol that makes the %ull angry and want to attack the matador #his is a myth, as %ulls are color %lind!. )ed can also aid in digestion. $n China red means +good luck., $t is aggressive, yet sensuous and can make people increase impulse purchases. Watch out for red in advertising at the mall.void red if you have a difficult meeting or need to confront someone. Wear red if you need to get noticed. )ed is the sym%ol or the heart and love.

)ed shoes can %e associated with &hookers& or &#he Wi"ard of (".& Orange: (range sym%oli"es activity, %oldness, and over%earing %ehavior. (range means fun or the need to have fun. $t increases social interaction, e/troversion, and pleasure seeking %ehavior. $t can also sym%oli"e +cheap or ine/pensive products, with marketing. (range can mean &risk taking&. People with &orange personalities& will wear this color. Yellow: 0ellow means happiness warmth, cheer, happiness, or positive thinking. $t can sharpen the memory and help with digestion. 0ellow stimulates the appetite. $t can sym%oli"e caution and discrimination. #he color yellow can cause arguments and de%ates to heat up. People get angrier in yellow rooms. 0ellow can overpower the eye and confuse people. Ba%ies do not like to %e in a yellow rooms. #hey will cry more. 0ellow can offer a lot of energy. reen: 1reen can sym%oli"e growth. $t is also a sym%ol for nature. 1reen can %e a calming color. People on #.2. sit in +green rooms, to calm down %efore going on #2. People love to stare at the color green. 1reen can also sym%oli"e the environment. $t is the color of higher learning and knowledge. $t can also sym%oli"e wealth, 'ealousy, and envy. 3ospitals use green to paint their walls to calm patients down. 1reen can mean a person who is new at something. 1reen personality types are often looked at as &non4emotional, %ut calm.& 5sually, only the green personality types will wear green. Pur!le " #iolet: #his color can sym%oli"e royalty and elegance. $t can decrease %lood pressure. $t can sym%oli"e the divine and also creativity. #o wear violet means you have a high self4esteem that day!. $n the old days only royalty could wear purple. People who were not royal and wore purple could %e e/ecuted. Purple can also mean someone is +fake or artificial., Pin$: #his color sym%oli"es emotions. $t can increase your sweet tooth and make you crave sweets. $t also can decrease aggression. $t is a friendly color and often preferred %y the female population. Pink can %e protective. Wear pink to a difficult meeting if you need some protection. Pink is romantic. 3owever, pink can make one loose energy. Blac$: #his color can mean mystery, mourning, fear, elegance think Coco Chanel!, and uncertainty. Black can also mean +su%mission,.

$t can also mean power, aloofness, dignity, death, or difficulty. #he color %lack can drain energy. 3owever, it can make you look thinner. 2illains often wear %lack to induce fear. Black can sym%oli"e a mystery or a dark tunnel. Black %locks light. Brown: #his color is considered a neutral. $t can sym%oli"e nature and the earth. $t is often considered dull, %oring, sturdy, and conservative. $t can also sym%oli"e sadness. White: White can mean spirituality, purity, innocence, angelic like, and hope. $t can also mean enlightenment and individualism. $t can add ten pounds when you wear it and you may %e thought of as someone in the clinical profession such as a nurse or doctor. Brides wear white as a sym%ol of %eing pure. White can sym%oli"e sterile or clean. ray: #his color can sym%oli"e mourning, grief, and depression. $t can also mean disciplined and sta%le, %ut guarded. 1ray can make one appear dreary if not worn correctly. Most people wear gray when they do not want to %e noticed. 1rey %lends in. $t is the color one gets when you mi/ all the colors together. %otes a&out Color Psychology: Color psychology can %e different from person to person. Each culture can %ring in a different perspective on color psychology. Creative counselors always allow the client to translate what the color means to them. 5se this with caution. $t is only a guide to what the possi%le ma'ority might think of color psychology.